| Buddleja diffusa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Buddlejaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. diffusa |
| Binomial name | |
| Buddleja diffusa Ruiz & Pav. |
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Buddleja diffusa is a species endemic to central Peru and northern Argentina, growing on dry hillsides above rivers and creeks at altitudes of 1000 – 1900 m; it was first described and named by Ruiz & Pavon in 1798.[1][2]
B. diffusa is a dioecious, scrambling, vine-like shrub 1 – 3.5 m high, with yellowish bark. The young branches are quadrangular, the younger growth covered with a white to buff tomentum. The sessile, membranaceous ovate or elliptic leaves 3 – 14 cm long by 2 – 8 cm wide, glabrescent above, tomentose below. The yellow inflorescences are 15 - 30 cm long, with one or two orders of branches; the flowers borne in capitate cymules, each 0.6 - 1 cm diameter, with 9 - 15 flowers; the corolla tubes are 3 – 3.5 mm long.[2]
The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.